Fred Pressburger

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Alfred Pressburger (born November 2, 1915 in Vienna ; † April 19, 1998 in Nice , France ) was an Austrian-American filmmaker (including film editor , production manager and director ), mainly working in American films.

Live and act

Pressburger came to film through his father, the film producer Arnold Pressburger , at the age of 17. In the same year (1932) he was at the German short film " The big trick for the first time an" Editor assume. When Pressburger senior fled the German National Socialists into exile in America because of his Jewish faith , his son followed him. In Hollywood, Fred Pressburger took on subordinate tasks as a director and production assistant (for example in Fritz Lang's propaganda film Die Henker Die in 1942 ). In the ambitious Arnold Pressburger production It happened tomorrow , he was called in again in 1944 for the editing. In 1945/46, Fred Pressburger served as his father 's production manager for Douglas Sirk's production “ An elegant crook ”, ten years later the son co-directed the B-picture drama “ Crowded Paradise ”. After that, Fred Pressburger is only verifiable as the director of a documentary short film about Tokyo and as the author of a TV series episode.

Filmography

  • 1932: The Big Trick (short film, editing)
  • 1941: Settlement in Shanghai (The Shanghai Gesture) (assistant director under Josef von Sternberg )
  • 1942: Hangmen Also Die ( Hangmen Also Die ) (assistant director under Fritz Lang)
  • 1944: It Happened Tomorrow ( It Happened Tomorrow ) (section)
  • 1946: An elegant crook (A Scandal in Paris ) (production manager)
  • 1947: Toren der Liebe ( A Woman's Vengeance ) (production assistant)
  • 1956: Crowded Paradise (co-director)
  • 1961: City between Yesterday and Today - Impressions from Tokyo (German short TV film, documentary director)
  • 1976: Junge Schicksale (Canadian TV series, co-script for the episode "Blind Sunday" )

literature

  • Kay Less : "In life, more is taken from you than given ...". Lexicon of filmmakers who emigrated from Germany and Austria between 1933 and 1945. A general overview. ACABUS Verlag, Hamburg 2011, ISBN 978-3-86282-049-8 , p. 601.

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personal data
SURNAME Pressburger, Fred
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Pressburger, Alfred
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian-American filmmaker
DATE OF BIRTH November 2, 1915
PLACE OF BIRTH Vienna
DATE OF DEATH April 19, 1998
Place of death Nice , France